Art

Those who frequent yard sales, Goodwill, or flea markets are used to seeing artwork for sale. Sometimes for $1 or less and what isn’t bought usually ends up in a landfill. That’s where artist Dave Pollot comes in.

Sometimes it’s not enough to just play video games. Sometimes we need to own a little bit of that sweet video game art. Here are nine pieces of art that we’re currently coveting, whether we can afford them or not. Titanfall, by Jason Howard Who doesn’t want a Titanfall comic after seeing what Jason Howard’s […]

British Conservative magazine The Spectator has edited a headline to a blog piece which challenged the notion that games are art, after telling supporters of the medium to “chill out”. The original headline of the article is, “Gaming isn’t art. And those who think it is need to chill out”. The Spectator later changed it […]

EVE Online will become part of the Museum of Modern Art’s permanent collection as part of its new Applied Design installation. EVE is just one of fourteen video games which will be on display at the New York City museum through January 31, 2014.

Tiny Speck has reached its Indiegogo fundraising goal, which means a limited run book filled with artwork from Glitch, the co-operative MMO which shut down in 2012, will be handed out to supporters. With 14 hours left on the clock, the initial $17,000 funding goal has been surpassed with backers contributing $107,724 towards its creation. […]

Dishonored is the latest video game recipient given the salt art treatment by artist Bashir Sultani. The video of his work is below, and is something fun for you to watch on a Saturday as you while away with something wonderfully wile. Dishonored is out in North America on October 9 and throughout Europe on […]

Zodiac Assassin was a PS3 title in the concept phase during 2005 and was passed over by Sony for Ninja Theory’s Heavenly Sword instead, according to an online portfolio belonging to a Sony Cambridge art director. The game had a Kill Bill-style vibe to it, and the female lead was a master of disguise who […]

Those who frequent museums are familiar with audio-visual tours. Some have cumbersome boxes you hang around your neck attached to earphones, others may clip to your waistband. However, back in December, the Louvre went 10-steps further by purchasing 5,000 3DS handhelds in order to not only implement a stereoscopic 3D map users could examine, but […]

Bethesda concept artist Adam Adamowicz, who created amazing art for Fallout 3, Skyrim and other Bethesda titles, has passed away after a long battle with cancer. The sad news was quietly announced by Pete Hines after Skyrim won big during the Academy of Arts & Sciences awards at DICE. A lovely tribute to the man […]

Concept art for a Day 1 Studios pitch, based on the steampunk comic Gotham by Gaslight, has surfaced thanks to a posting from its artist, Julie Farrell. Discovered by Supererogatory, the UI art was created two years ago, according to, but it looks as though THQ didn’t bite. According to what Farrell told Joystiq, the […]

Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has shared a sketch – a “graffiti” – by long-time series artist Yoji Shinkawa, which was the genesis of Metal Gear Solid’s cyborg ninja. A cyborg ninja character of some kind has appeared in every core Metal Gear game since. See the full sketch through the break.

Amazingly talented sand artist Natalya Netselya has released a video featuring her latest work using her favorite medium, and it’s the first one she has ever created for a video game, and what better one to base it on than Uncharted 3.

On holiday weekends, those with post quotas to meet spend a lot of time weeping quietly over their empty inboxes, RSS feeds and IM contact lists. To save you time, I’ve rounded up the barrel-scrapings which result.